Improvement in fire-cracker pistols or holders



Athe hinge will be in such a position, when fired, tlrat der;

Letters Patent No. 109,014,'dated.November 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-ORACKER PISTOLS OR HOLDERS. m

,The Schedule referred -toY in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all/whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT HU'rorusoN, of Newark, in the county of Essex' and State of New Jersey, have invented and made a certain new and Improved Fire-cracker Pistol or. Holder', and the following is hereby declared to be a full and correct de'- scription of thesame.

Fire-cracker pistolsl or holders have heretofore been made both of wood and ot' metal; in each case, the holder was made ofthe general shape or outline of a pistol, and with a hole in the part representing the barrel to contain thev crackerto be tired, but this Thebarrel b is hollow its entire length, and at the top and forward part of the stock at its junction with the breech, I form the projecting-lugs o' c, to receive the hinge-pin el, that connects these lugs c, of the barrel may swing when pushed vsidewise by the hand to allow the crackcrto be inserted at the rear or breech end ofthe barrel.

To keep the cracker from fhlling out ot' the barrel, and to afford lmeans for lighting the same Aat the breech, I provide the `hole e. I have shown this hole as formed partly in the handle and partly in the end ofthe barrel, but the same may be made in the end-of the barrel only.

tire-cracker case.

Pistols for fire-crackers have also been made to open at the rear end of the barrel, by a swinging trigger-piece, or by tipping the barrel, but the explosion is liable to drive back the trigger-piece or dislodge the barrel.

stem ofthe same lies in this hole and projects therefrom, and said hole being at right angles to the barrel, the bend formed in the same will generally keep the cracker from falling out, and the lighted match or punk can be applied to the stein to explode the cracker.

The hinge. upon which the barrel I1 swings being above the barrel, suspends said barrel in a proper is given to the pistol-barrel from the rear for inserting the cracker, and said pistol-barrel hanging from the explosion cannot blow back upon the hand,or the barrel be displaced even it the hinge wears loose. In the drawing` v Figure 1 is an elevation of my said pistol or holand wear. I

-I claim as my invention` A tire-cracker holder, made ot' the barrel b and stock a, united by a hinge, c d, that is above the barrel so as to suspend the same,^as and for the purr poses specified. y

Signed by me this 20th day of April,.A. D. 1870.

ROBERT HUIOHISON.

Figure 2 is across section at the line x te, the barrel being shown" as swung aside, for inserting a lireeracker.

a is the stock Yor handle; and

b, the barrel of the said holder; these 'I prefer to make of cast metal, and they may correspond in outline to the general shape of a pistol, as represented- Witnesses:

GHAs. H. SMITH, GEo.'T. PINCKNEY.

in the drawing.

rear, upon the top o't' the barrel, and also upon the l barrel and handle, and forms a hinge upon which the ljVhen the cracker is to place in the barrel, the,

)osition even if the )arts should become loose fromv 

